Abstract

Introduction Part I. Seeds and Pleasures: The Evolution of Learned Opinions: 1. Prelude to medieval theories and debates: Greek authorities and their Latin transformations 2. The emergence of issues and the ordering of opinions 3. Academic questions: female and male in scholastic medicine and natural philosophy Part II. Sex Difference and the Construction of Gender: 4. Feminine and masculine types 5. Sterility: the pursuit of progeny and the failure of reproductive function 6. Is sex necessary? The problem of sexual abstinence Conclusion.

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